Douglas Cheek

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Douglas Cheek is an American film director , editor , producer and screenwriter . He is best known today for his 1984 award-winning B- movie CHUD - Panic in Manhattan , which he directed. At the same time, CHUD is also his greatest financial success. Otherwise he mainly worked on documentaries, of which he was the editor. In 2011 he was the producer for the thriller Claustrophobia .

Filmography

As a director
  • 1975: Vegetable Soup (TV series)
  • 1984: CHUD - Panic in Manhattan (CHUD)
  • 2003: Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (Documentation)
As a screenwriter
  • 1991: A Little Vicious (Documentary)
As a producer
  • 1998: The Puppies Present Incredible Animal Tales
  • 2011: Claustrophobia
As a film editor
  • 1980: Big Blonde (TV movie)
  • 1982: American Playhouse (TV series, episode)
  • 1990: A Search for Solid Ground: The Intifada Through Israeli Eyes (documentary)
  • 1990: Bobby Kennedy: In His Own Words (Documentary)
  • 1995: Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) (Documentation)
  • 1995: Lizzie Borden Hash & Rehash (documentary)
  • 1996: 1914–1918 (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2001: Empires: The Roman Empire in the First Century (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2002: True Originals (documentary, one episode)
  • 2003: Empires: Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (Documentation)
  • 2004: TV Revolution (TV series)
  • 2004: Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (Documentation)
  • 2004: Behind the Scenes of 'Outfoxed' (Documentation)
  • 2004: Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal (Documentation)
  • 2005: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (documentary)
  • 2006: Washington's Generals (TV series)
  • 2008: Long Story Short (Documentation)
  • 2008: Independent Lens (documentary, one episode)

Awards & nominations

year price category Movie Result
1985 Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Grand Prize CHUD - panic in Manhattan Nominated
1985 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF) Best fantasy film CHUD - panic in Manhattan Won

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide on books.google.de
personal data
SURNAME Cheek, Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, editor, producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century